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Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford

M, #11733, b. 23 August 1575, d. 7 August 1632

Last Edited=22 Dec 2016

RobertdeVere, 19th Earl of Oxford was born on 23 August 1575.1 He was the son of HughdeVere and EleanorWalsh.2 He married BeatrixvanHemmema, daughter of SijerckvanHemmema, before 1626.1 He died on 7 August 1632 at age 56 at Maastricht, The Netherlands, killed in action.1 He gained the rank of Captain of Foot in 1626 in the Dutch Army.1 He succeeded as the 19th Earl of Oxford [E., 1142] on 5 April 1626.1 He was appointed Knight in 1629.1 He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel between 1629 and 1632.1 He fought in the Siege of Maastricht in August 1632.1

HenrydeVere, 18th Earl of Oxford was born on 24 February 1593.1 He was the son of EdwarddeVere, 17th Earl of Oxford and ElizabethTrentham.1 He married LadyDianaCecil, daughter of WilliamCecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter and ElizabethDrury, on 1 January 1623/24.1 He died between 2 June 1625 and 9 June 1625, from wounds received in action the month before.1 He held the office of Hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain between 1604 and 1625.1 He succeeded as the 18th Earl of Oxford [E., 1142] on 24 June 1604.1 He was appointed Knight, Order of the Bath (K.B.) in 1610.1 He was admitted to Inner Temple.1 He fought in the Thirty Years War between 1620 and 1624.1 From 1622 to 1623 he was imprisoned in the Tower of London for criticising the government.1 He fought in the Siege of Breda in May 1625.1